Bale-tie



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Patented July 4, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. ALLEN, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,515, dated July 4,1882.

Application filed December 15, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN B. ALLEN, of

Nashville, Davidson county, Tennessee, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bale-Ties, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, strong, and simplebale-tie, having such construction that it can be unfastened without thenecessity of compressing the bale.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of a halo having my improved tie. Fig. 2,is a perspective view of the tie; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of one ofthe rings;

In my improved tie I employ the elliptical rings a and a, which may becast of malleable iron, or made of wire of suit-able size by welding, asin making chain-links; or they may be stamped out of plates of metal ofsuitable thickness by means of a dieand mandrel.

In preparing the bands or straps of iron A to be placed upon the balethe ring a is first secured to one end of the strap bypassing the endthrough the ring and bending the strap back to form the lap b. The. ringa is then slipped upon the bandor strap to the position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2 over the end of the lap 11. When the strap is passedaround the bale ready to be tied the free end of the strap is passedthrough both of the rings and bent outward over the ring a to form thelap c, and is then passed back through the ring a, so that upon removingthe pressure from the bale the rings and laps will be drawn to theposition shown in full lines in Fig. 2, forming a secure lock or tie.

To untie the bale it is only necessary to pry the rings apart until theend of the lap 0 passes the ring a, which prying apart can be donewithout compressing the bale.

It will be observed that there is no danger of the rings cutting thebands, so as to injure them or cause them to break, as the rings areround in cross-section and present no sharp edges to the band or strap.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The bale-tie herein shown and described, formed bythe employment of the rings a and a, the ring a being secured to theband or strap by the lap 12, the end 00f the strap being passed throughthe rings, and bent back over the ring a, and passed under the ring a,substantially as set forth.

JOHN B. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

MATT. F. ALLEN, F. T. OUMMINs.

